Band.



No. 778,212. 'PATENTED DEC. 27, 1904.

I G7 ARBNTS, JR.

BAND.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8. 1908.

I UNITED STATES Patented December 27, 1904.

PATENT OE IcE.

GEORGE ARENTS, JR, OF NEW YORK, N Y., ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CIGARCOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,212, dated December27, 1904. Application filed January 8, 1903. Serial No. 138,188.

the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same. 1 Y

' This invention relates to certain improvements in bands such as areused as distinguishing marks on cigars or similar articles.

The distinguishing bands ordinarily used on cigars are usually appliedto the cigars in the form of a strip, the ends of the strip beingoverlapped and the overlapping portions being caused to adhere to eachother for substantially their entire length by suitable adhesive.Theband is intended to snuglyfit the cigar or other article to which itis applied, and for this reason it is difficult to re move the band,which is usually done before the cigar is smoked, without tearing ordigfrom the article and which is not liable to beev come attached plied.

With this and other objects in View the invention consists in certainconstructions and improvements, as will be hereinafter fully describedand then specifically pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a cigar having oneform of the improved band applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a thereto when theband is apcross-section of thecigar, showing theband in elevation; andFig. 3 is a view of the band before it is applied to the cigar.

Referring to the drawings, O indicates a cigar having aband 1 appliedthereto. While the ends of the band may in some instances be the samewidth as the major portion of the body of the band, in the preferredconstruction the ends will 'benarrowed to form tongues 2 and 3. The bandis applied to the cigar by interlocking the overlapping ends. This maybe accomplished in any desiredmanner. As shown, the end of the band onwhich the tongue 3 is formed is provided with a slit 4, which is aclosed slit, although it might be open at one end and extend in from theside of the band, if desired. In applying. the band the tongue 2 istucked through the slit 4, the tongue being of a width to pass freelythrough the slit, and one of the overlapping tongues is then preferablysecured to the body of the band by a suitable adhesive. Either tonguemay be so secured. In the construction shown the tongue 3 is thussecured, the tongue 2 being left free to form a tearing-tab. By makingthe tongues narrower than the body of the band the danger'that the bandwill become attached to the cigar by the adhesive used is obviated, andit will be seen that the band'can-be readily torn from the cigar bymeans of the free tongue which forrns'a tearing-tab. Furthermore, itWill be seen that since the tongue which passes through the slit thanthat illustrated, and the invention is not, a

therefore, to be confined to the specific form of band illustrated.

What is claimed 'is v 1. A band for cigars comprising a strip ofmaterial having one of its ends passed freely through a slitin the otherend, one of the ends being secured to the body of theband by paste andthe other end being left free to form a tearing-tab. i

2. Aband for cigars and other articles comprising a strip of materialhaving its ends shaped to form tongues which are narrower than the bodyof the band, said tongues being interlocked and one of them beingsecured to the body of the band by suitable adhesive, substantially asdescribed.

3. A band for cigars and other articles comprising a strip of materialhaving its ends shaped to form tongues which are narrower than the bodyof the band, one of said tongues being passed through a slit in the bandand one of the overlapping tongues thus formed being secured to the bandby suitable adhesive, the other being left free to form a tearing-tab,substantially as described.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GEORGE ARENTS, In. Witnesses:

SYDNEY I. Pnusoo'r'r, ADOLPH E. OIILSEN.

